How a forgotten Muslim teacher shaped the pen of a future nationalist—and what that irony tells us about Burma’s lost…
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The Art of Flow — and the Irony of Thein Pe Myint’s Teacher Haroon Part 1
(A reflection on writing, thought, and human complexity) It is one of history’s quiet ironies that the late U Thein…
Stress, worry have increased worldwide especially in all Myanmars
Stress, worry have increased worldwide in past decade, report shows Bernama The ‘State of the World’s Emotional Health 2025’ survey…
Rare earths: strategic metals key to future tech
AFPShare Rare earths are a group of 17 heavy metals used to make magnets that are crucial to the auto,…
A Dangerous Illusion: Why Observing Myanmar’s Election Betrays Democracy – OpEd
By James Shwe I was recently asked by a citizen of a Western democracy a question that, while well-intentioned, reveals a…
𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐚 and ASEAN 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐈𝐭𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝: 𝐍𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐫’𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
Charles Santiago 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐈𝐭𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝: 𝐍𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐫’𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 It’s murky, confusing and deeply troubling. News…
ASEAN must choose between morality and complicity
ASEAN must choose between morality and complicity.If it sends observers to a fraudulent election, it will destroy the last shred…
Myanmar’s Spring Revolution: A Prolonged Stalemate Demands Global Action
Credit: James Shwe Myanmar’s conflict has now hardened into a grinding stalemate. Despite battlefield losses and domestic discontent, the junta…
Asean not likely to send observers for Myanmar polls, says Mohamad
Asean not likely to send observers for Myanmar polls, says Mohamad Rex Tan The foreign minister says he and his…
Michael Jackson – Palestine, Don’t Cry (Unreleased Poem Brought to Life “Fanmade with AI”)
Aungaung Than “မငိုပါနဲ့လား ပါလက်စ်တိုင်းရယ်”ဂီတမှော်အောင်သူ မိုက်ကယ်ဂျက်ဆင်က ၁၉၉၃ ခုနှစ်မှာ ဒီသီချင်းကို ရေးစပ်သီကျူးခဲ့ပေမယ့် ဂီတလောကကို ချုပ်ကိုင်ထားတဲ့ ယဟူဒီတွေက ထုတ်ဝေခွင့် မပြုခဲ့ကြပါဘူး။ နောက်ပိုင်း သူ ကွယ်လွန်တော့ သူ့ ဂီတ အမွေပစ္စည်းတွေကို…